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Brighton House
Brighton House
Brighton, Australia
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Brighton House
Brighton, Australia
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2015
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
The concept for the Brighton house grew from the idea of creating purposeful circulation spaces rather than long hallways to connect rooms and different areas of the home. The circulation spaces would be places to allow access to natural light and views to the outdoors, making them not only functional in providing private access to the rooms but also for a quiet nook for play or retreat.
The footprint of the building was stretched from east to west to allow maximum access of northern light to all areas of the house. Service areas and the bedrooms were located along the southern boundary allowing daytime living spaces to be positioned to the north.
To create the circulation spaces, the Ground Floor was broken into a series of separated closed in boxes which house the more intimate spaces and service rooms. These boxes have low ceilings and wrap the external cladding into the interior.
The voids between the boxes form the circulation spaces and main open living areas. These areas are created by the first floor box sitting on top of the ground floor boxes. Floor to ceiling windows between the boxes then secure these areas and define the spaces.
On approach to the building you are presented with the two dominant bluestone boxes of the winter room and master bedroom which are set apart 3.5m. The west facing windows are deeply recessed and shrouded with flat plate aluminium to provide protection from the hot afternoon sun. The first floor box is set back to soften the hard lines of the façade. It overhangs the dark stained timber entry wall just enough to provide shelter and announce your arrival at the hidden door. As you approach you can’t help but wonder what lies beyond. The full height pivot door opens to reveal the continuation of the bluestone boxes within, and the 3.5m wide void between the boxes now creates the internal entry. The second set of Bluestone pods, which are offset 1.3m from the first, also reveal themselves with the natural stone creating a sense of intimacy and providing a setting for the feature white steel and timber stair. A hole is punched through the first floor box in the entry to the form a double height void. The void is surrounded by full height glazing to the first floor which faces north and floods natural light into the core of the building, including the southern rooms. Again using passive solar principles this window has been recessed into the façade to temper the direct solar gain.
A custom multi-layer laser cut screen spanning 6m x 2.7m both softens the façade and also casts shadows on the walls below mimicking that of a large tree shielding the building. On cloudy days these shadows dance across the walls as the intensity of the shadow is altered. This screen was designed to also perform as a balustrade to the first floor balcony.
To the rear of the home the first floor is supported by the butler pantry and laundry boxes to the south and then a series of columns along the northern edge. Full height glazed sliding doors allow the lines between inside and out to be blurred, with the eastern most doors sliding completely into the wall cavity to open the living to the main entertaining deck and BBQ area. The first floor is cantilevered to the north to provide protection from the summer sun but still allowing full penetration in the winter months.
The first floor was designed as a simple rectangular box and as a so called lid to the ground floor. It houses the children’s bedrooms along the south boundary with the entry void and rumpus room to the north. Each room’s door opens into the gantry space or rumpus room allowing access to the north facing windows of this area. A solid balustrade wall to the gantry provides privacy to the bedroom doors ensuring people entering the house are not looking into the rooms. The deep balcony and laser cut screen also mean the children can circulate in this space in privacy. A concealed study area and a large balcony where also included on this level to cater for the young children as they grow with the house.
Initially the client brief included bluestone to the first floor. After discussing the structural and associated cost implications it was agreed to use the bluestone on the ground floor instead. It was then used to ground the building and enhance the box concept and allowed us to wrap the cladding into the interiors. The client was instantly sold on the idea. The complexities of using the bluestone with recessed windows and internal openings required careful detailing. In order to negate the need for metres of mitering, folded aluminum shrouds where introduced to the exterior which then developed into aluminium jambs to the interior penetrations of the bluestone. The detail gives a clean line to the junction with plaster walls and ceilings, as well as tying the external window detailing with the interiors of the building and softening the appearance of the bluestone.
The resulting combination of spaces and materials has fulfilled the clients core brief ideas of; a house for entertaining with understated wow factor; A home that the kids would want to spend time in with their friends; and a clean contemporary design incorporating natural materials.
The footprint of the building was stretched from east to west to allow maximum access of northern light to all areas of the house. Service areas and the bedrooms were located along the southern boundary allowing daytime living spaces to be positioned to the north.
To create the circulation spaces, the Ground Floor was broken into a series of separated closed in boxes which house the more intimate spaces and service rooms. These boxes have low ceilings and wrap the external cladding into the interior.
The voids between the boxes form the circulation spaces and main open living areas. These areas are created by the first floor box sitting on top of the ground floor boxes. Floor to ceiling windows between the boxes then secure these areas and define the spaces.
On approach to the building you are presented with the two dominant bluestone boxes of the winter room and master bedroom which are set apart 3.5m. The west facing windows are deeply recessed and shrouded with flat plate aluminium to provide protection from the hot afternoon sun. The first floor box is set back to soften the hard lines of the façade. It overhangs the dark stained timber entry wall just enough to provide shelter and announce your arrival at the hidden door. As you approach you can’t help but wonder what lies beyond. The full height pivot door opens to reveal the continuation of the bluestone boxes within, and the 3.5m wide void between the boxes now creates the internal entry. The second set of Bluestone pods, which are offset 1.3m from the first, also reveal themselves with the natural stone creating a sense of intimacy and providing a setting for the feature white steel and timber stair. A hole is punched through the first floor box in the entry to the form a double height void. The void is surrounded by full height glazing to the first floor which faces north and floods natural light into the core of the building, including the southern rooms. Again using passive solar principles this window has been recessed into the façade to temper the direct solar gain.
A custom multi-layer laser cut screen spanning 6m x 2.7m both softens the façade and also casts shadows on the walls below mimicking that of a large tree shielding the building. On cloudy days these shadows dance across the walls as the intensity of the shadow is altered. This screen was designed to also perform as a balustrade to the first floor balcony.
To the rear of the home the first floor is supported by the butler pantry and laundry boxes to the south and then a series of columns along the northern edge. Full height glazed sliding doors allow the lines between inside and out to be blurred, with the eastern most doors sliding completely into the wall cavity to open the living to the main entertaining deck and BBQ area. The first floor is cantilevered to the north to provide protection from the summer sun but still allowing full penetration in the winter months.
The first floor was designed as a simple rectangular box and as a so called lid to the ground floor. It houses the children’s bedrooms along the south boundary with the entry void and rumpus room to the north. Each room’s door opens into the gantry space or rumpus room allowing access to the north facing windows of this area. A solid balustrade wall to the gantry provides privacy to the bedroom doors ensuring people entering the house are not looking into the rooms. The deep balcony and laser cut screen also mean the children can circulate in this space in privacy. A concealed study area and a large balcony where also included on this level to cater for the young children as they grow with the house.
Initially the client brief included bluestone to the first floor. After discussing the structural and associated cost implications it was agreed to use the bluestone on the ground floor instead. It was then used to ground the building and enhance the box concept and allowed us to wrap the cladding into the interiors. The client was instantly sold on the idea. The complexities of using the bluestone with recessed windows and internal openings required careful detailing. In order to negate the need for metres of mitering, folded aluminum shrouds where introduced to the exterior which then developed into aluminium jambs to the interior penetrations of the bluestone. The detail gives a clean line to the junction with plaster walls and ceilings, as well as tying the external window detailing with the interiors of the building and softening the appearance of the bluestone.
The resulting combination of spaces and materials has fulfilled the clients core brief ideas of; a house for entertaining with understated wow factor; A home that the kids would want to spend time in with their friends; and a clean contemporary design incorporating natural materials.
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